Here are some of the VTOL aircraft made by Mercury and Solido of the The Convair XFY-1 "Pogo"
These toys were very rare, fragile and often are found with out the landing gears
The Mercury
and the much nicer Solido {sorry no better photo}
I have read test pilots accounts that discuss the near impossible transition to a vertical landing, even though it was done. The aircraft pilot seat rotates to help somewhat but the pilot was basically blind. Not many VTOL aircraft were succussful, Lockheed's XVF-1 Salmon never made a vertical landing at all, as I recall.
The Harrier solved the problem, the Russian Yak-38 "Forger" one did also. Of course the Bell Tiltrotor went about it in another way.